Verse of the Day

　　

1 Corinthians 2:2

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

　　

Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

English Standard Version

For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

The Message

I deliberately kept it plain and simple: first Jesus and who he is; then Jesus and what he did - Jesus crucified.

New King James Version

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

New Living Translation

For I decided to concentrate only on Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.

　　

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

(Read 1 Corinthians 2:1-5)

　　Christ, in his person, and offices, and sufferings, is the sum and substance of the gospel, and ought to be the great subject of a gospel minister's preaching, but not so as to leave out other parts of God's revealed truth and will. Paul preached the whole counsel of God. Few know the fear and trembling of faithful ministers, from a deep sense of their own weakness They know how insufficient they are, and are fearful for themselves. When nothing but Christ crucified is plainly preached, the success must be entirely from Divine power accompanying the word, and thus men are brought to believe, to the salvation of their souls.

　　

1 Corinthians 2:2 In-Context

1 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.Some manuscripts "proclaimed to you God's mystery"

　　2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

　　3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.

　　4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,

　　5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power.